Agriculture
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Jim W. Fisher Ranch records
Jim W. Fisher (born 1873) began a sheep and cattle ranch in Shaniko, Oregon, in 1900. Collection includes correspondence, primarily regarding grazing permits, land and financial transactions; financial and tax records, including account books and receipts; contracts and grazing permits; records of brands; and documents regarding ranching operations.
Oliver Jory letters
Letters from Oliver Jory to his first wife, Ella Jory, during their engagement and in the early years of their marriage. Subjects include the fruit-drying business, crops, the economy, politics, the temperance movement, and personal matters.
Oliver Jory letters to Ella Jory
Letters from Oliver Jory (1859-1935) to his wife, Ella Jory (1861-1919), written both before and after their marriage. Oliver Jory manufactured and sold fruit dryers in Salem, Oregon.
John F. Kilkenny photographic collection
Seven color photographs of sheep sheds in Morrow County, Oregon, most identified as having been built by John F. Kilkenny's relatives.
Killin family papers
Samuel P. Kimball patents for a cultivator
Patents for a cultivator designed by Samuel P. Kimball (1851-1938) filed in the United States and Canada. Kimball was a fruit grower in the area of Salem, Oregon.
Kyrk family papers
Papers and photographs of the Kyrk family and related families. William Wallace Kyrk and Margaret Tennant Kyrk emigrated from Nebraska to Portland, Oregon, in 1889. Members of the Kyrk family lived in Portland, Oregon; Clackamas County, Oregon; Marion County, Oregon; and Pendleton, Oregon.
Materials relating to labor unrest
Materials distributed by an association of fruit growers in southern Oregon, intended to help growers deal with farm worker organizing. Includes letter to growers, copies of court documents, fliers for farm workers, and signs.
Edward Long collection
Collection consists of a bound manuscript account book, 1858-1875, for Edward Long's orchard and farm; and bound typescript "Abstract of Title, Title and Trust Company," Lot 6 and west half of Lot 5 in Block 14, John Irving's First Addition to East Portland, 1879, of which a portion was given to Edward Long.
M. Senders & Company records
M. Senders & Company was an agricultural business engaged in the sale of wool, wheat, rye, and seeds in the Albany, Oregon, area. Records include business correspondence, bills and receipts, sales invoices, tax records, seed purity tests, and stock certificates.